{"id":1474,"date":"2019-03-05T19:47:26","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T19:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1474"},"modified":"2023-06-08T18:08:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T18:08:27","slug":"ghost-of-the-banjo-coon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/ghost-of-the-banjo-coon\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ghost of the Banjo Coon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[DISCLAIMER: This song contains antiquated racial language. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A popular song from 1906. Words by James O&#8217;Dea. Music by Anna Caldwell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sheet music:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/The-Ghost-of-the-Banjo-Coon.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of The Ghost of the Banjo Coon - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-74a2612d-debe-4f67-be3d-8683d4589098\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/The-Ghost-of-the-Banjo-Coon.pdf\">The Ghost of the Banjo Coon &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/The-Ghost-of-the-Banjo-Coon.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-74a2612d-debe-4f67-be3d-8683d4589098\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-a4953a53-00ba-4609-8994-0b594f52adb5\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/The_Ghost_Of_The_Banjo_Coon-MIDI.mid\">The_Ghost_Of_The_Banjo_Coon &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/The_Ghost_Of_The_Banjo_Coon-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-a4953a53-00ba-4609-8994-0b594f52adb5\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Erastus Henry Johnson kept<br>A-getting poor and thin<br>He thought some wicked coon<br>Had put a hoodoo on to him<br>So he went to see a Voodoo<br>Who could drive the spell away<br>Sh! Sh! So the niggers say<br>The Voodoo said a rabbit&#8217;s foot<br>You need to set you right<br>So she took him to the graveyard<br>In the middle of the night<br>Just as the clock was striking twelve<br>A bat flew round his head<br>Sh! Sh! Then the Voodoo lady said<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>&#8220;Don&#8217;t you hear that plinky plunky tune<br>Played by the ghost of the Banjo Coon<br>Catbirds call and sleepy whippoorwill<br>Hears the tune as the moon goes behind the hill<br>Bullfrogs croak, and the dogs begin to howl<br>Treetoads chirp and a-hootin&#8217; goes the owl<br>Spooks rise up and all begin to croon<br>&#8216;Cause they know it&#8217;s the ghost of the Banjo Coon&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Erastus said he seen the spooks<br>A sittin&#8217; on the stones<br>And ev&#8217;ry time the wind would blow<br>It rattled all their bones<br>And as there he shook and shivered<br>List&#8217;ning to the ghostly song<br>Sh! Sh! A rabbit came along<br>Erastus for that rabbit quickly<br>Took it on the run<br>He had to catch it with his hands<br>He didn&#8217;t have a gun<br>He grabbed it by the leg, at last<br>But all his courage fled<br>Sh! Sh! When the rabbit turned and said<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sung here by Fred Feild:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/The-Ghost-of-the-Banjo-Coon.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[DISCLAIMER: This song contains antiquated racial language. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] A popular song from 1906. Words by James O&#8217;Dea. Music by Anna Caldwell. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1. Erastus Henry Johnson keptA-getting poor and thinHe thought some wicked coonHad put a hoodoo on to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/ghost-of-the-banjo-coon\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Ghost of the Banjo Coon&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1474","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-nM","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1474"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4351,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1474\/revisions\/4351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}